Appendix B: Historic Maps of the Conservation Area

along its length. St Paul’s church was built in 1831 as a chapel of ease; becoming aparish church for Dale Hall and Longport in 1845, situated two hundred metres to thenorth of Newcastle Street, roads of terraced houses radiated from it in a distinctivepattern. Terraced housing in the vicinity was constructed by building clubs, as in MountPleasant (now Reid Street) in 1819, by estate owners as in Newport Street in the 1830swhere building land was sold with conditions setting out design standards, and byspeculative builders as in the Shirley Street-Bridgewater Street triangle which replacedLongport Hall following the bankruptcy of the Davenports in the 1880s. A similar mixprobably applies to the houses within the Conservation Area. Much of the housing onthe north side of the street, outside the Conservation area, has been replaced in thelater 20 th century but on the south side many 19 th -century houses survive, mostconverted to shops and these form the basis of the Conservation area.3.9 On the south side running from west to east 281-293 Newcastle St were built as aterrace by 1900. Next to these is a vicarage, built c.1858, for St Paul’s church. Thevicarage was used as an industrial unit in the later 20 th century but recent renovationwork has removed unsympathetic extensions and reinstated its original appearance.3.10 The Steelite factory is a new development (around 1994) replacing houses and publichouses. The street frontage was occupied by terraced housing and a pub, the Staff ofLife, behind this was the Dale Hall Pottery from the early 19th century, and behind thisrunning back to the canal was the Dale Hall Works, another pottery, originating in thelate 18th century.3.11 The terrace from 217 to 239 Newcastle Street contains a very early block of houses(217-229) dating from before 1851, possibly 18 th -century, known locally as the ‘SevenSisters’; the pub at number 239 is probably contemporary with these. Between themlies a block (231-237) dating from the third quarter of the 19 th century.3.12 199-209 Newcastle Street and 1 Reid Street form a terrace dating from before 1832.193-197 Newcastle St also probably dates from before 1832.3.13 185-187 and 161-183 Newcastle Street were built in the last quarter of the 19 th century,and 149-159 Newcastle Street in the first quarter of the 20 th century.3.14 The terrace at 125-139 Newcastle Street dates from before 1878.3.15 The Physical Education Centre to the rear of 125-135 Newcastle Street was built as aDrill Hall for the local Volunteer militia in 1902.3.16 On the north side of Newcastle Street only Ivy House and 248-254 Newcastle Street, atthe very west end, remain from the early 19 th or late 18 th century, with 240-246Newcastle Street from the later 19 th century.3.17 Two buildings of the 1920s or 30s on the north side of Newcastle Street are alsoincluded in the Conservation Area because of their distinctive Art Deco/Modernistappearance: 128 Newcastle Street, now a Minimart, with a date plaque of 1927; and180-182 Newcastle Street, now a mechanics garage.8